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EU plans green hydrogen push, with hints of blue

6/19/2020

The European Commission wants to rapidly scale up production of “green” hydrogen, a key zero-carbon fuel if heavy industry is to meet European Union climate targets, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. European industry and refineries already use roughly 8 million tonnes of hydrogen each year, but most of this is “grey” hydrogen, a version made from natural gas in a process that produces planet-warming emissions. To clean up polluting sectors like steel and chemicals, the EU’s executive Commission wants to develop gigawatt-scale European factories for green hydrogen, which is produced from renewable energy, according to its draft hydrogen strategy. The draft, due to be publishe

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